5 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them. Daniel 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges the power of Jehovah. Daniel 2 tells how Daniel interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, in which God provided an overview of world events in the millennia yet to come. ... Four beasts of Daniel 7 explained. Chapter 4: The Mad King 51 Chapter 5: Belshazzar’s Feast 58 Chapter 6: Daniel in the Lion’s Den 68 Chapter 7: Awesome Beasts of Prophecy 75 Chapter 8: The Ram and the He-goat 92 Chapter 9: Daniel’s Prayer 104 Chapter 9: Time Prophecy Explained 109 Chapter 10: Gabriel comes to Help 117 Daniel 5-6 New International Version (NIV) The Writing on the Wall. There are several indications that support this interpretation. His way of life was the opposite of the principles on which the king had based his conduct. Question: "What is the meaning of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Daniel 2?" When at the end of the chapter the king commands the reception of his gifts, there is a quick reversal. What does his name mean? Daniel 5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. In Daniel 8:9 it is not an independent fifth horn, after the four previous ones, but it arises out of one of the four existing horns. by Jim Haeffele. Daniel chapter 5 KJV (King James Version) The Holy Spirit spoke through Daniel; but the Words fell on a wayside heart too trampled down and hardened by letcheries and excessive self indulgence; and there was no way for the king to find repentance. 17 Then Daniel answered, and said before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 5 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Chapter 5 F. Decree of Darius, the Median, to enforce worship of himself; Daniel cast into den of lions for praying to the God of heaven, Chapter 6 II. Answer: At certain times, God has used dreams to communicate with people. One of those people was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. It is three years later, August 1944; Daniel, at 17, is once again on a train. Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for a time, and his thoughts troubled him. 27:5–7; Dan. 1. 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.